Would change: * Spent a lot of time somewhere I wouldn’t eventually put down roots; if I knew then what I know now, I’d have spent another decade in a big city. * Exercise more. * Waste less years in dead-end jobs. * Tweak ambitiousness upwards. * Ask more people out earlier.
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Spend more time: * with people who share your values * with people whose outcomes you’d enjoy * on activities you enjoy versus those you’re told you should enjoy but don’t * on things which compound * sleeping * optimistically trying new things
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Not optimizing for near term career success is a big one. I see lots of people, especially in tech jobs, who get impatient and are constantly on lookout next step ‘up’
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This was also me for a long time until I realized it wasn’t helping me
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What would a low hedonic level optimize for?
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"Not optimizing for near-term career success" sounds like you think it would have hindered long term success If you think that, I'd love to understand why Personally I've felt my best career decisions have been switching teams whenever I felt I was pleatuing (~every 3yrs)
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